she spreads her wings and takes to the skies.

[yatagarasu]

Open Post: The Kay Faraday Edition
This is my permanent Kay Faraday open post. Spam me with prompts, picture prompts, AUs, and the like. Indicate canon point or universe when necessary. Please note that I don't do slash, smut, anything sexual or anything overly and excessively violent.
Canon	Future AU
Choose a canon point, any canon point! Even from AAI2, why not.	7-8 years later, AJ/DD era. Prosecutor who studied under Miles Edgeworth. Still hyper and makes thief jokes. Still the Yatagarasu.
Somarium	Mask or Menace
Lived with Edgeworth and Stitch. Recruited Ema, Trucy and Maya into the Yatagarasu. 19 years old. Had college plans.	Can command and talk to crows, replicate voices and sounds perfectly, and use Charter Magic. Juror for Teen Court.

Badger get!

code by cawaii

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[truthsnomiracle]

(I hate to admit this, but under the circumstances...)

Nngh... gkk... a-admittedly... I won't be... for much longer. But you do have a record... of the trail I just left... do you not?

(I have to return to the water... no, wait. That isn't actually natural for me, despite how it feels right now. I could simply remove the choker...)

[Kay has a bit of time to act as Edgeworth deliberates.]

[yatagarasu]

You should probably remove the choker now...

[But Kay holds up her phone and pans it over Edgeworth, then follows the trail he left in the sand back to the sea, making sure she gets the markings clearly on video.]

[truthsnomiracle]

R-right...

[Though his arms feel like they're enclosed in weighted sleeves right now, Edgeworth lifts them to undo the clasp. He cries out as the change, far more painful, less natural, and slower for him than for Kay, overtakes him. The choker falls off his neck as he writhes in pain for those brief, personally-magnified seconds. In the end he's curled up on his side on the beach in human form, gasping for breaths that now come far more easily.]

[yatagarasu]

[Once she has the evidence on video, Kay looks up at the sound of Edgeworth crying out. After quickly stopping the video, she sprints back to him easily over the sand, and upon reaching him, she drops to her knees in front of him, sweeping up the choker and raising her free hand over him, as if not sure whether to pat him on the shoulder.

Congratulations, you have successfully made one (1) mermaid worry about you.]

Mr. Edgeworth! Are you all right? [She grips the necklace tightly.] I'm sorry...

[truthsnomiracle]

[The prosecutor takes a moment more to regather himself and return to normal breathing.]

I'm... not sure...

[He brings himself up to an awkward sitting position.]

It all seemed so vivid...

[yatagarasu]

[She lets her hand drop to her side when he sits up. Her voice is quiet.]

But you know it was all real, right? You should rest...

[truthsnomiracle]

(That's right; I remember that waking dream ending in an effort to create trails on the beach...)

[Edgeworth looks back to where he remembers himself moving along the beach, and his eyes widen. He may have intellectually known it was all real, but it's taking looking the evidence straight in the face for him to at all feel it. Even now, it feels like corroboration of something thought to be a hallucination.]

I, er, suppose now would be an appropriate time for us to sit and eat, though I should rinse this sand off first.

[The prosecutor stands.]

[yatagarasu]

[Kay watches him stand, and she does the same. Her expression changes, now that she knows that Edgeworth is still in his right mind and doing just fine.

Her eyes light up with thrill, and she grabs his wrist, pulling him back toward the sea.]

The sooner you do that, the sooner we can eat!

[truthsnomiracle]

[And Edgeworth reflexively backpedals.]

Gnnk! Kay, it's entirely unnecessary to drag me!

[yatagarasu]

[Kay lets go of him and stops, staring at him.]

But don't you want to run dramatically and excitedly into the water?

[truthsnomiracle]

No.

[And he'll just continue walking into the water, thank you very much.]

1/2

[yatagarasu]

[She sighs.]

Mr. Edgeworth...

[yatagarasu]

[But after sparing that time to mourn Edgeworth's serious need for fun and excitement, she'll run eagerly into the shallows past him.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth, content to let Kay have her own opinion about him so long as she keeps it to herself, simply wades into the water as Kay easily outpaces him. Once the water is deep enough, he hunches down so he's in up to his neck, then brushes off some of the more stubborn bits of wet sand before standing and starting to calmly make his way back.]

[yatagarasu]

[All Kay does is get the sand off her knees and legs from when she knelt down beside Edgeworth, although she spends some time just splashing around...

...in fact, when Edgeworth makes his way back, she wades up to him and splashes him. With both hands. For maximum splash power.]

[truthsnomiracle]

Gnangh! Wh-what was that for?!

[At least he doesn't sound angry, just unpleasantly surprised.]

[yatagarasu]

[She giggles, shaking with mirth.]

Oh, nothing! I just wanted to splash you...again! [Loosen up, Edgeworth. Does she have to dunk you underwater too?]

[truthsnomiracle]

Hmph.

[To judge by the fact that he's picking up the pace of his wading back onto the beach, he's not about to permit any dunking, young lady.]

[yatagarasu]

[What about a tacklehug that results in both of them falling over into the water?

At least she doesn't do anything else except follow him back.]

You were really serious about leaving having fun for last today, weren't you?

[truthsnomiracle]

[Even worse idea. Fortunately, Edgeworth is soon out of the water and on his way back to the picnic area.]

Why would I not be serious about that? There's a great deal for me to learn and precious little time to spare in even beginning to do so. On that note, I believe we left off in the middle of your explanation of the various artifacts you have here?

[yatagarasu]

I probably shouldn't underestimate how serious you can get.

[With a laugh, Kay also leaves the water and is quick to grab her towel - at least she remembers which one is hers. She begins drying off, starting with her hair, which entails taking that large key out and undoing her ponytail.

Long hair problems.]

[truthsnomiracle]

Nor should anyone else.

[If that was a tease, it backfired.

As Kay dries herself off, Edgeworth does the same in much the way he did before, idiosyncratic means of wringing out his hair and all.]

[yatagarasu]

[Kay is still amused and can't help but watch him wring out his hair while wiping down the rest of her body.]

I'm gonna see you do that more often, aren't I? It never gets old!

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth shrugs.]

I suppose you will. It is what it is; I fail to see why you find it quite that entertaining. (But at the very least, it's better than being amused by my humiliation.)

[That having been said, the prosecutor seats himself on the larger towel where they'll be eating.]

[yatagarasu]

I've never seen anyone dry off their hair like that, that's all. [She shrugs, and once she's done drying off, she doesn't pull her hair back into a ponytail but walks over to the cooler and the picnic basket.]

Okay, I brought...sandwiches, some fresh fruit, trail mix...and Swiss rolls, of course! [She continues rooting through her stash of food and drinks.] Are you still having iced tea?